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" Your stomach hurts, so you Google &amp;quot;abdominal pain.&amp;quot; You click on a promising listing or two \u2014 out of the 19,300,000 that offer themselves \u2014 but by the time you finish dodging the pop-ups and sorting out all the &amp;quot;sponsored links,&amp;quot; you have a headache, as well. And even if you do land on a site that seems to offer the help you&amp;#039;re looking for, you can&amp;#039;t be sure the advice is accurate and up-to-date. That&amp;#039;s why we put together this cheat sheet: a shortlist of trustworthy websites, Twitter feeds, and free apps covering common health issues. As Jessie C. Gruman, Ph.D., president and founder of the Center for Advancing Health, told us, &amp;quot;You don&amp;#039;t need a lot of tools to be a well-informed patient \u2014 you just need the right ones.&amp;quot; These sources, say the leading physicians and informatics experts we spoke with, are just what the doctor ordered. Feeling Good Starts Here Breast Cancer SITE WE TRUST: breastcancer.org Whether you&amp;#039;re looking for reassurance, breaking news, or ammo for dealing with your health insurer, this nonprofit won&amp;#039;t let you down BOOKMARK: hopkinsmedicine.org/avon_foundation_breast_center/ Got a question? Chances are you&amp;#039;ll find the answer among the literally tens of thousands posted (by category) on this site. TWITTER: @DrSusanLove A renowned expert&amp;#039;s analysis of and opinions on the latest news, research findings, and treatment controversies. FREE APP: Breast Cancer: Beyond the Shock (iPhone, iPad) An active message board, videos, and more are on this National Breast Cancer foundation app. Diabetes SITE WE TRUST: diabetes.org The place to start when you&amp;#039;re first diagnosed \u2014 or warned you&amp;#039;re on the way \u2014 this American Diabetes Association site covers everything from how to track your blood sugar to tricks for rejiggering recipes. BOOKMARK: ndep.nih.gov Getting personal: Type in your age, diabetes status, and race, and this Web home of the government&amp;#039;s National Diabetes Education Program matches you with appropriate publications, videos, and podcasts. TWITTER: @nbdiabetes Tweets from Columbia University&amp;#039;s Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center provide perspective on diabetes headlines and the latest treatments. APP: WaveSense Diabetes Manager (iPhone) Track your carb intake, glucose results, and insulin doses \u2014 and get feedback on how you&amp;#039;re doing. Emotional Problems SITE WE TRUST: healthyminds.org From the American Psychiatric Association, discussions of nearly every mental health concern. Nice touch: specially tailored advice for teens, members of the military, seniors, Latinos, and other groups. BOOKMARK: dbsalliance.org Support \u2014 including in-person and live online groups and links to local help \u2014 is the theme at the site of the National Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance. TWITTER: @NIMHgov For research wonks: the latest findings on stress, antidepressants, and more from the government&amp;#039;s National Institute of Mental Health. APP: Depressioncheck (iPhone) Are you at risk for depression, anxiety, or other emotional upheavals? Take the research- validated test here. Fitness SITE WE TRUST: cdc.gov/physicalactivity Jump-start your fitness program with sample weekly workout plans from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. BOOKMARK: acefitness.org With some 200 workouts, this American Council on Exercise site helps you avoid guilt about not getting to the gym. And no more feeling like a klutz: You can see many exercises in action. TWITTER: @everybodywalk Inspirational quotes, plus links to fitness news and exercise videos, from managed-care giant Kaiser Permanente. APP: BIDMC Pedometer (iPhone, Android) It counts steps, shows your pace, calculates your distance, and \u2014 most encouragingly \u2014 estimates calories burned. Next:   General Health SITE WE TRUST: medlineplus.gov A trove of info from the National Institutes of Health \u2014 even the family pet gets a section. Covers more than 900 conditions and includes a guide to thousands of drugs and supplements as well as tools, videos, and tutorials. BOOKMARK: familydoctor.org The &amp;quot;symptom checker flowcharts&amp;quot; at the Web home of the American Academy of Family Physicians are your go-to when you need to know whether that &amp;quot;funny feeling&amp;quot; calls for a trip to the ER. TWITTER: @HarvardHealth Follow Harvard docs&amp;#039; tweets on hundreds of common health concerns, from allergies to bunions to zinc supplements. APP: Passport to Good Health (iPhone) Like a mom (minus the nagging), it reminds you when it&amp;#039;s time to refill an Rx, schedule a mammogram, have a checkup, and more. Heart Health SITE WE TRUST: hearthub.org The American Heart Association&amp;#039;s patient site is info-loaded \u2014 prevention tips, recipes, a CPR video, and more. BOOKMARK: womenheart.org From the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, a site with heart that offers an online community and links to its Sister Match program, which connects heart patients to trained support volunteers. TWITTER: @ClevClinicHeart Medical news updates, expert chats, and answers to followers&amp;#039; (sometimes quirky) questions from the renowned Cleveland Clinic Heart &amp;amp;amp; Vascular Institute. APP: HeartHealth by Liberty Hospital (iPhone) Thirty days to a fitter ticker with daily tips from the Heart and Vascular Center of Liberty Hospital in Missouri. Healthy Eating SITE WE TRUST: eatright.org Beyond the expected \u2014 info on nutrition and food safety; special sections for vegetarians, athletes, and other groups; plus &amp;quot;get real&amp;quot; reviews of popular diets. BOOKMARK: hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource For anyone baffled by the government&amp;#039;s MyPlate program, Harvard offers an easier-to-use blueprint for planning healthy meals. TWITTER: @joansalgeblake From a nutrition professor at Boston University, re-tweets of top food and diet news stories, plus smart eating and weight-loss tips. APP: LoseIt! (iPhone, Android) Helps you reach your weight-loss goal by letting you set a calorie budget, then enter your daily food intake and exercise. Sites Better Left Unseen DOCTOR-RATING SITES There are too many \u2014 over 30 \u2014 all competing, so you may find no more than an address for the doctor you&amp;#039;re interested in. More seriously, a study of over 190 reviews uncovered good reason to suspect some are written by physicians themselves or their staffs. &amp;quot;They include information about academic titles, research, and services offered by the practice that most patients wouldn&amp;#039;t know anything about,&amp;quot; says study author Tara Lagu, M.D., of the Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, in Springfield, MA. DOT-COMS Even if it sounds like a health site, the &amp;quot;.com&amp;quot; is the tip-off that you&amp;#039;re on a commercial site that may be trying to sell you something. We like sites ending in .edu and .gov \u2014 .orgs are generally fine, too, but the suffix isn&amp;#039;t regulated, so it could land you on a commercial site. FACEBOOK AND FRIENDS &amp;quot;Crowd diagnosis&amp;quot; is a favorite game on social-networking sites: You describe your symptoms and get dozens, even hundreds, of ideas about what&amp;#039;s causing them. &amp;quot;But just because 50 people agree you have poison ivy doesn&amp;#039;t mean they&amp;#039;re right,&amp;quot; says Peter Yellowlees, M.D., director of the health informatics graduate program at the University of California, Davis. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s more opinion than expertise.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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